Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 535: Why do business?

Xu Qing sat on a chair in front of the table and said, "Hey, Brother Silly Zhu, there's nothing to say. Li Laosi, a vegetable seller at the vegetable market, went to my grain station yesterday afternoon and bought five kilograms of stick noodles. As a result, during the lottery, I won the first prize of golden rice. I happened to arrive at the grain station yesterday afternoon, so I gave the motorcycle to him directly."

Silly Zhu let out an ooh, and then said: "Qingzi, do you consider this to be compensation?"

As Silly Zhu said, he placed the spoon on the edge of the casserole, walked to Xu Qing, grabbed the enamel teapot on the table, made a cup of hot tea, and placed it in front of Xu Qing.

"Qingzi, five kilograms of stick noodles will take away your motorcycle. Brother, I feel really unfair for you."

Xu Qing smoked and waved his hand and said: "Brother Silly Zhu, I opened the door for business, and I have said it all. The first prize is a motorcycle, and Master Li won it. How could I not give it, otherwise, I will not be able to do business in the future." "

Silly Zhu crossed his legs, put his left elbow on the table, rubbed his neck with his right hand and said:

"Qingzi, you have to be honest when doing business, but..."

Silly Zhu didn't say whatever came to mind like he did back in the 1890s. He paused and thought about it: "Qingzi, don't you feel a loss?"

"Loss?" Xu Qing couldn't help but feel amused, "Brother Silly Zhu, I held the event on New Year's Day last year. It's been almost a year. I've brought in a lot of business, so I won't lose money no matter what."

"Besides, the fact that Mr. Li won the motorcycle in the lottery today was once again published in the city newspaper of our 49th city. The reputation of our grain station has been spread in our city again. How can this be said to be a loss?"

After Xu Qing finished speaking, he picked up the teapot and took a sip of hot tea while it was still hot to warm up his body.

Silly Zhu grinned, "Qingzi, according to what you said, you won't lose money?"

Xu Qing put down the teapot and said humbly: "That's it, brother, why do I do business?

make money!

If I lose money, I won't let the people in our compound laugh. "

Silly Zhu grinned and replied: "That's right, Qingzi, you have been a factory director. If Xu Damao doesn't know how to do loss-making business, you naturally don't know how either."

Xu Qing took a puff of cigarette, and after hearing what Sha Zhu had said, he asked:

"Brother Silly Zhu, do you have anything else to do?"

Silly Zhu shook his head, "Hey, I'm just asking you what's going on, nothing else.

Your brother-in-law, Ma Jiefang, and Wu Yuemei, both of them hurried out of the factory on their bicycles as soon as they got off work in the afternoon, and went to Dongdan to ask your wife. I guess your brother-in-law will have to go to bed tonight. Come to our hospital. "

As soon as Silly Zhu finished speaking, the sound of bicycles rang out in the middle courtyard, and then Qin Huairu's voice was heard:

"Chief Ma, you came to our hospital today to see your fifth sister and Qingzi, right?"

"Sister Huairu, I saw my fifth sister. I just came from Dongdan. My fifth brother-in-law, is he back?"

"Qingzi, it seems you are back."

In the middle courtyard, Qin Huairu stood at the door of her house, glanced at the door of Shazhu's house, raised her hand and pointed to Ma Jiefang at Xu Qing's bicycle path:

"Look, Qingzi's bicycle is at the door of Shazhu's house, and he should be at Shazhu's house."

Ma Jiefang, who was passing by in a hurry, took a closer look and saw Xu Qing's bicycle. He didn't even have time to thank Qin Huairu, so he opened his mouth and shouted:

"Brother Qingzi."

Xu Qing was in Shazhu's house and heard the conversation between Ma Jiefang and Qin Huairu in the courtyard. He stood up and opened the door of Shazhu's house.

Ma Jiefang pushed his bicycle up to him, stopped casually, and said directly:

"Brother-in-law, your delivery of motorcycles was in the newspapers. The grain station is extremely busy today."

Ma Jiefang was wearing a blue khaki Chinese tunic suit. The color of the fabric was the same as that of the worker, but the style was different, showing his different status. He was wearing a gray-brown woolen scarf and a pair of black leather cotton shoes. He was in great spirits.

Xu Qing nodded in response, feeling happy.

Yesterday, he asked his sister to call people from the newspaper office and publish the story about the motorcycle being taken away. This was the effect he wanted.

Xu Qing let his brother-in-law enter the Silly Pillar House and asked:

"Liberation, Brother Silly Zhu just said that you went to my grain station with your wife after get off work in the afternoon, why did you come to the compound alone again?"

Ma Jiefang rode a bicycle all the way, his face was cold and red from the wind. He entered the Silly Pillar House, took off his woolen gloves, breathed into his hands, rubbed them and said:

"Brother Qingzi, didn't I read the newspaper today and saw that your motorcycle was taken away? I originally wanted to ask my sister, but it turned out that she, Xiaoya and Lihua were busy recruiting business and had no time. Talk to me, and I will ask my wife to stay at the grain station to help, and I will come to the courtyard alone to ask you."

Xu Qing glanced at his brother-in-law, knowing that he was concerned, and said:

"It's okay, Jiefang. I rode the motorcycle for a year before someone took it away. It's settled. Don't worry about my affairs. By the way, it's your deputy director's affairs. How's it going?"

Xu Qing stopped talking and didn't want to explain about the motorcycle.

He talked to Er Mazi at the meat factory today, and chatted with the third uncle in the front yard when he came back in the afternoon. He also chatted with Shazhu just now, but he had no intention of talking anymore.

Ma Jiefang smelled the aroma of Shazhu's stewed chicken, wrinkled his nose and sniffed it, walked to the stove, glanced at it from the corner of his eye, stretched his hands down, went around the stove to warm up the fire and said:

"I was promoted to deputy factory director during the inspection period. It was considered an exceptional promotion. There shouldn't be any big problems. The people sent by the main factory talked to me several times. I feel that they are quite satisfied with me. After all, I am also among the three of us. The factory is old. I joined the factory in 63 and now I am going to be in 81. I have endured for so long. If you don’t let me get promoted, I will resign next year to do business with you.”

Silly Zhu heard it and said with a smile:

"Jiefang, no matter how senior you are in the factory, can you still be as old as me?"

Ma Jiefang chuckled and said: "Brother Silly Zhu, I can't compare my qualifications with you, but you have been promoted to the canteen director this year. We returned to the factory from university and you have been promoted once. I have been promoted once in the past few years." But I’ve always been the section chief, standing still.”

After Ma Jiefang finished speaking, he curled his lips and said to Silly Zhu:

"Brother Silly Zhu, quickly scoop up two bowls of chicken soup, add a few pieces of chicken, and let me and my brother-in-law taste it. It will be warm in this cold weather."

Hearing this, Shasha didn't show any concern on his face.

He is not a narrow-minded person, nor is he stingy, nor does he scheme against others. He walked to the stove in two steps, grabbed a spoon, and stirred the casserole a few times. When he felt that the chicken was almost stewed, he turned around and went to the kitchen to get bowls and chopsticks. Jiefang said to Ma:

"Liberation, go to the backyard and call your two nephews and Hongfu, who is patriotic, over and have some food together."

Seeing this, Xu Qing said:

"Brother Silly Zhu, forget about my two children and my nephew. Just stew a chicken and keep it for yourself. Jiefang is joking. Just pour him a cup of hot water."

Ma Jiefang said with a playful smile:

"Brother Qingzi, Brother Shazhu, the chicken is ready to be stewed, it's so fragrant!

If we don't want to eat something, it wouldn't be too disrespectful. "

Xu Qing rolled his eyes at his brother-in-law and signaled to stop teasing Menzi.

It's not difficult for Shazhu to live alone, but compared to being married, there is still a slight gap between the situation of two people making money.

Ma Jiefang understood, raised his hand and put it on Shazhu's shoulder and said:

"Brother Silly Zhu, forget it. My brother-in-law and I won't eat your stewed chicken. Our nephew and our patriotic son can eat some. Is it okay?"

Ma Jiefang was speaking to Sha Zhu, but he also meant to ask Xu Qing.

Xu Qing smoked a cigarette and looked at his brother-in-law faintly.

Silly Zhu said with an indifferent expression: "Qingzi, Jiefang, you two can eat at my place. Brother, I have hot steamed buns in the pot in the kitchen, and I still have some pickles that I picked at the beginning of winter. If it doesn't work, I'll fry two more." Food." Ma Jiefang heard what Sha Zhu said, looked at Xu Qing, and said with a smile on his face:

"Brother-in-law, did you see that Brother Silly Zhu is in such a bad mood? I will go to the backyard to call Hongzhi, Qiaoxin, and Hongfu, the three little guys."

Xu Qing thought for a moment in his mind. He felt that what Silly Zhu had just said was like that, and he couldn't be too contradictory, so he asked his brother-in-law to leave the house and go to his own house in the backyard.

If he were at Xu Damao's house today, he would never be polite.

Xu Damao has many sources of money, and he also has Qin Jingru. Their salary alone plus one yuan adds up to nearly one hundred yuan a month.

This does not include the money Xu Damao earns from working outside all day long.

Silly Zhu is no good, but he has become the canteen director of the third factory. Compared with before, his salary has also increased a lot. But after all, he is alone. No matter how he lives, he cannot be compared with other families in the compound.

Several people in the Jia family are now making money, and their lives are getting better year by year.

Only Silly Zhu is not married, and his life is still the same as in previous years. It can't be said to be better, but it can't be said to be bad either.

It would be different if Lou Xiao'e came back and married Sha Zhuyi.

But who knows when Lou Xiao'e will come back.

It’s been more than three years since the change ended, and it’s been two years since the change began.

The last time I saw Lou Xiao'e was in 78, and it's been almost two years since I last saw her.

Xu Qing looked at Ma Jiefang's back as he walked out, and threw away all the thoughts in his mind. He secretly thought that in a few days, he would get some pork and white noodles from his own meat factory and grain station and give them to Sha Zhu.

In any case, when he was pulling his younger siblings through the most difficult days, Shazhu often took the initiative to help.

Nowadays, my family's conditions have improved, and my younger brothers and sisters have started their own families.

He, Aiguo and Feng Ming could ignore how other families in the compound were doing.

But Silly Zhu, his three brothers could not just sit back and do nothing.

After a while, Ma Jiefang hugged Xu Qiaoxin and brought Xu Hongzhi and Xu Hongfu to the Silly Pillar House.

At this time, Xu Qing and Silly Zhu brought the bowls, chopsticks, dishes, and steamed buns from the kitchen to the table in the front room.

Silly Zhu was scooping the chicken in the casserole into the ceramic bowls given by Xu Qing.

Xu Hongzhi hadn't even finished the homework assigned to him at school. When his uncle asked him to eat chicken at Silly Pillar's house, he was so excited that he threw the pencil onto his homework book. He spat out the red eraser on the end of the pencil he was chewing and put it into his cotton-padded jacket pocket. Inside, he followed to the middle courtyard.

At this moment, Xu Hongzhi was standing next to Silly Zhu, his little face was filled with joy and he said:

"Uncle He, please give me the bowl and I will help you carry it to the table."

Silly Zhu saw that the little guy was so sensible and had nothing to say, so he twisted around and gave the bowl to Xu Hongzhi and said:

"Boy, be careful."

Xu Hongzhi said with a smile: "Don't worry, Uncle He. I often help Grandma Feng carry it at home, and there's nothing wrong with it."

Silly Zhu curled his lips and said, "Hey, boy, it's okay, then you can continue."

Silly Zhu handed the ceramic bowl with chicken and chicken soup to Xu Hongzhi.

Xu Hongzhi hurriedly put on the woolen gloves, turned around and put them on the table in front of his father.

After Ma Jiefang placed Xu Qiaoxin in his arms on the ground, he washed his hands, grabbed two bowls, walked to the stove, and said to Xu Qing:

"Brother-in-law, haven't Aiguo and Feng Ming come back from get off work today?"

Xu Qing heard the sound and said, "Didn't you see me in the backyard?"

Ma Jiefang saw Shazhu taking the bowl and hummed, "No, I just saw Ai Qian and Xiujuan in your room."

Silly Zhu stood in front of the stove, scooping up chicken and chatting: "Aiguo and Feng Ming got off work early, and they went out to buy briquettes again. Didn't it snow again yesterday? The coal station refused to send them and let them do it themselves. "

Xu Qing suddenly realized, Ma Jiefang shouted.

Silly Zhu scooped out three large bowls and three small bowls of chicken and chicken soup in the casserole.

The small bowl is full, and the big bowl is only half a bowl.

Everyone gathered around the table and started eating.

Silly Zhu pinched the steamed bun, took a bite, picked up the chicken with chopsticks, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed:

"Jiefang, you said business at Qingzi Grain Station is very good today, right?"

Ma Jiefang nodded: "Yeah, it's so good. When my wife and I went there, there were more than one person buying food. We almost didn't squeeze in."

Silly Zhu chewed the chicken and steamed buns in his mouth, looked at Xu Qing, opened his mouth, revealing a pair of white teeth that he brushed every day, rolled up the white noodles stuck to his teeth with his tongue, and laughed.

"Qingzi, I have you!"

Ma Jiefang didn't know what to do and was a little confused, "Brother Silly Zhu, why are you laughing?"

Silly Zhu lowered his head and waved his right hand holding the chopsticks. He laughed so hard that he coughed. After a while, he turned to Ma Jiefang and said:

"Liberation, you're in front of me. I was telling Qingzi about his motorcycle being published in the newspaper. You said Qingzi used the motorcycle as the first prize for an event last year. On New Year's Day, it was quite lively.

Today, as soon as the news of his motorcycle being taken away hit the newspapers, it became popular again. If it were someone else, could this be done? ! "

Ma Jiefang looked at Xu Qing and said to Silly Zhu with joy:

"Brother Silly Zhu, what you said is absolutely correct. Who is my brother-in-law? Someone who has been a factory director is certainly extraordinary!"

Xu Qing was taking care of his daughter Qiaoxin while eating. When he heard his brother-in-law and Silly Zhu singing along, he smiled helplessly:

"Liberation, Brother Silly Zhu, you two should stop hating me, otherwise, I won't be able to survive without a few drinks later."

Silly Zhu curled his lips and said happily: "Qingzi, Jiefang, how about our three brothers, have some drinks?"

Xu Qing shook his head and said: "Forget it for now, I will have to go back after the liberation. After drinking, if something happens while riding on the road this night, it will be troublesome if it affects his evaluation as deputy director.

Let’s look for opportunities again in the future. "

Ma Jiefang was very interested in drinking, but after hearing Xu Qing's words, he felt that it would be better to drink less on this special occasion, and agreed:

"Brother Silly Zhu, let's do it next time. Next time I'll invite you and Brother Qingzi, and then I'll call Aiguo and Feng Ming."

Silly Zhu responded: "Sure, I don't have anything to do, I can do it anytime."

Half an hour later, Xu Qing took his son and daughter, who had a delicious meal of chicken stew, together with his nephew Hongfu, and his brother-in-law Ma Jiefang out of the Silly Pillar House, pushing his bicycle to go back to the backyard.

Before leaving, Xu Qing winked at his son.

Xu Hongzhi, who had a round belly, pulled his sister Qiaoxin and cousin Hongfu, and the three little guys said to Silly Zhu in unison:

"Thank you, Uncle He!"

(End of this chapter)